Hi all, I'm having trouble changing the window position of a bpatcher using pcontrol. The attached sample works fine for a normal patcher, and once opened the window size commands work as expected. If I replace the patcher with a bpatcher, then open/close continue to work, but I can no longer control the window size and position... any ideas?

controlling-a-bpatcher-with-pcontrol

Lee, [bpatcher] creates a window within a patcher containing the contents of another patcher.

The [pcontrol] commands to open and close are designed for [patcher] abstractions.

In your example the window size commands are being sent to [thispatcher], and are not related to the [pcontrol] object.

If your goal is to control the size and position of another Max window then [bptacher] is not the right object. Rather simply put the objects (and/or bpatcher(s)) you'd like to have in a [patcher] abstraction and control that abstraction's size and position using commands to [thispatcher]

If your goal is to control the size and position of a [bpatcher] see the attached.

Lee, [bpatcher] creates a window within a patcher containing the contents of another patcher.
The [pcontrol] commands to open and close are designed for [patcher] abstractions.
In your example the window size commands are being sent to [thispatcher], and are not related to the [pcontrol] object.
If your goal is to control the size and position of another Max window then [bptacher] is not the right object. Rather simply put the objects (and/or bpatcher(s)) you'd like to have in a [patcher] abstraction and control that abstraction's size and position using commands to [thispatcher]
If your goal is to control the size and position of a [bpatcher] see the attached.


OK well I guess the forum doesn't allow .maxzip or.maxproj. anyway:

Hi, thx for the reply... I'll check out the post when I'm at home...

I'm actually trying to deal with M4L situations here and floating windows, I want to be able to have the device load a bpatcher but also control the bpatcher when it's made to be a floating window by opening it... I understand that this would normally be a patcher object, but the open/close works with a bpatcher so was hoping to be able to control it somehow as can with a patcher... will check your post out later, but thx for replying...

Hi, thx for the example - i can see how this works but still doesn't solve my m4l issue... thx anyway

Hi Lee, did you solve this problem ? I'm fighting with it right now...

Turning the bpatcher into a patcher through the magics of Max 7's transform did the trick for me ! But still no luck to do the same with a bpatcher...

Controlling a bpatcher with pcontrol